2006 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2006 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 16 to June 26. The participating schools qualified by winning their Regional and Super-Regional tournaments. The sixtieth tournament's champion was Oregon State University coached by Pat Casey. The Most Outstanding Player was Jonah Nickerson of Oregon State University.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	Clemson University	Atlantic Coast Conference	53 - 16 (24 - 6, GB)	Jack Leggett	10 (last: 2002)	3rd (1996, 2002)	9 - 20
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	49 - 15 (18 - 3, GB)	George Horton	13 (last: 2004)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	32 - 21
	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlantic Coast Conference	50 - 18 (19 - 11, GB)	Danny Hall	2 (last: 2002)	2nd (1994)	4 - 3
	University of North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	54 - 15 (22 - 8, GB)	Mike Fox	4 (last: 1989)	3rd (1978)	2 - 8

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Georgia	Southeastern Conference	47 - 23 (18 - 12, GB)	David Perno	4 (last: 2004)	1st (1990)	6 - 7
	University of Miami	Atlantic Coast Conference	42 - 24 (17 - 13, GB)	Jim Morris	21 (last: 2004)	1st (1982, 1984, 1999, 2001)	45 - 34
	Oregon State University	Pacific Ten Conference	50 - 16 (16 - 7, 0 GB)	Pat Casey	2 (last: 2005)	7th (1952)	0 - 4
	Rice University	Conference USA	57 - 13 (22 - 2, GB)	Wayne Graham	4 (last: 2003)	1st (2003)	6 - 7

Results

2006 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Clemson	8
	8	Georgia Tech	4
						1	Clemson	0
							North Carolina	2
		North Carolina	7
	5	Cal State-Fullerton	5
												North Carolina	6
										5	Cal State-Fullerton	5
	8	Georgia Tech	5
	5	Cal State-Fullerton	7
						5	Cal State-Fullerton	7
						1	Clemson	6
																	North Carolina	4	7	2
																	Oregon State	3	11	3
	2	Rice	6
	7	Georgia	4
						2	Rice	3
							Miami	2
		Miami	11
		Oregon State	1
											2	Rice	0	0
											Oregon State	5	2
	7	Georgia	3
		Oregon State	5
							Oregon State	8
							Miami	1

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 16	Game 1	Clemson	8 - 4	Georgia Tech
	Game 2	North Carolina	7 - 5 (13 innings)	Cal State Fullerton
June 17	Game 3	Rice	6 - 4	Georgia
	Game 4	Miami	11 - 1	Oregon State
June 18	Game 5	Cal State Fullerton	7 - 5	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech eliminated
	Game 6	North Carolina	2 - 0	Clemson
June 19	Game 7	Oregon State	5 - 3	Georgia	Georgia eliminated
	Game 8	Rice	3 - 2	Miami
June 20	Game 9	Cal State Fullerton	7 - 6	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 10	Oregon State	8 - 1	Miami	Miami eliminated
June 21	Game 11	North Carolina	6 - 5	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
	Game 12	Oregon State	5 - 0	Rice
June 22	Game 13	Oregon State	2 - 0	Rice	Rice eliminated
June 24	Final 1	North Carolina	4 - 3	Oregon State
June 25	Final 2	Oregon State	11 - 7	North Carolina
June 26	Final 3	Oregon State	3 - 2	North Carolina	Oregon State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Kevin Gunderson		Oregon State
	Jonah Nickerson		Oregon State
Catcher	Tim Federowicz		North Carolina
First baseman	Bill Rowe		Oregon State
Second baseman	Justin Turner		Cal State Fullerton
Third baseman	Shea McFeely		Oregon State
Shortstop	Josh Horton		North Carolina
Outfielder	Jay Cox		North Carolina
	Danny Dorn		Cal State Fullerton
	Cole Gillespie		Oregon State
Designated hitter	David Cooper		Cal State Fullerton

Notable Players

• California State University, Fullerton: David Cooper, Danny Dorn, Brandon Tripp, Justin Turner
• Clemson University:
• University of Georgia:
• Georgia Institute of Technology:
• University of Miami:
• University of North Carolina: Tim Federowicz, Matt Spencer
• Oregon State University: Cole Gillespie, Kevin Gunderson, Jonah Nickerson
• Rice University: